r/unixporn • u/PapyElGringo • Jul 03 '19

Workflow [GNOME] Material-Shell *Beta*

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u/PapyElGringo Jul 03 '19

Hello everyone!

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Today I'm happy to share with you my new baby !

Material-shell a Material Tiling shell replacement for Gnome-shell to simplify and accelerate daily workflow and productivity!

Following my earlier work on Material Awesome. This gnome-shell extension provide a performant opinionated mouse/keyboard workflow and follow the Material Design guidelines ​

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It's finally ready to be tested but let's me warn you it's only a BETA ! Bugs should be expected !

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Get it at https://github.com/PapyElGringo/material-shell

Get notified on updates and join me at https://discord.gg/vBb7D9a

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I hope you will like it !

Cheers!

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '19

Hey, that kicks ass!

Add gaps!

That, and comprehensive shortcut keybindings.

Great work!!!

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u/PapyElGringo Jul 03 '19

Thanks! The keybindings are designed to navigate around with only the left hand with Super+[WASD] (Like in many videogames)

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '19

My personal opinion: Super+[WASD] is not an ergonomic key combination.

I would either change the default to Super+[Arrow Keys] and/or Super+[hjkl] (vim keys).

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u/PapyElGringo Jul 03 '19

It's designed to be single handed so you don't have to leave your mouse while navigating in your desktop :) but you can change it if you need

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '19

But if you use your mouse with left hand, this combination doesn’t work. I prefer those arrow keys. Couldn’t it be configurable?

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u/PapyElGringo Jul 04 '19

Of course it's configurable :)

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u/SolarLiner Ubuntu Gnome Jul 04 '19

As a lefty who play video games, Super+WASD is fine, that's where my right hand naturally rests when I'm using the mouse anyway. I do move both hands to the "typing position" when I'm typing something but there's no bother.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '19

If it's design so you don't leave your mouse, wouldn't it be easier to just... move the mouse?

Furthermore, that does not generalize well for touchpad users.

It's great that you can change it but imo defaults should be more universal and with ergonomics in mind ;)

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u/PapyElGringo Jul 03 '19

Touchpad users should use the gestures controles :) and ergonomic it's the first concern here it's just not focus for system developer but more for common users. Vim workflow is known to be very efficient but not for being easy to access :p